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Phase behavior of thermotropic liquid crystalline/conducting polymer blends

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Liquid crystalline/conducting polymer blends have been prepared. The conductingpolymer [poly(2,5-dimethoxyphenylene vinylene)] retards the liquid crystallinity of the liquid crystalline polymer (hydroxypropyl cellulose), while the liquid crystalline polymer reduces the conductivity of the conducting polymer. However, blends with 17% conducting polymer were both liquid crystalline and conductive.

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  1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA

    J. Steven Rutt & F. E. Karasz

  2. Tatsuta Electric Wire and Cable Co. Ltd., No. 3-1, 2-chome, Iwata-cho, 578, Higashi-Osaka City, Japan

    Yasuhiko Takahashi

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Dedicated to Prof. Dragutin Fleš on the occasion of his 70th birthday

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Rutt, J.S., Takahashi, Y. & Karasz, F.E. Phase behavior of thermotropic liquid crystalline/conducting polymer blends. Polymer Bulletin 27, 261–266 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294530

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